{
  "$schema": "https://veritymodchecker.online/data/verity-voice-addons.schema.json",
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "checkedAt": "2026-07-31T03:45:00+08:00",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://veritymodchecker.online/smileys-better-voice/",
  "method": "Point-in-time route snapshot built from current GSC and GA4 voice/search signals, current SERP checks for Verity voice questions, the official Smiley's Better Voice CurseForge project page, the exact CurseForge file record, the official CurseForge files/all version list, the Verity JE parent project page, the VERITY.exe voice notes page, and public player questions about chat working while voice is silent. This file never hosts JARs, records API keys, uploads audio, or treats a voice add-on as an official Verity JE replacement.",
  "observedDemand": {
    "gscWindow": "2026-07-15 through 2026-07-28 delayed Search Console data",
    "gscSignals": {
      "totalClicks": 54,
      "totalImpressions": 1644,
      "averageCtr": "3.3%",
      "averagePosition": 8.7,
      "headQueryVerityMod": "2 clicks / 3 impressions"
    },
    "ga4Window": "Last 7 days checked July 31, 2026 at 02:45 Asia/Shanghai",
    "ga4Signals": {
      "activeUsers": 315,
      "organicSearchSessions": 142,
      "referralSessions": 86,
      "gistGithubReferralSessions": 70,
      "voiceNotWorkingPageViews": 30,
      "verityOutboundProjectClickEvents": 60
    },
    "searchAndPlayerSignals": [
      "A recent Reddit player report asks why Verity messages appear in chat but no voice can be heard.",
      "Current search results surface Smiley's Better Voice as a Verity JE add-on for voice, TTS, voice mimicking, Fish Audio, and Cartesia setup.",
      "The current Smiley's Better Voice 4.0.0 file changelog says it adds support for Verity JE 6.0.0 and is incompatible with earlier Verity JE versions.",
      "The official files/all page now exposes a compact 13-file version list, including 4.0.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.0, 3.0.0, several 2.0.x Forge rows, and a separate 1.21.1 NeoForge 2.0.0 row.",
      "The existing voice troubleshooting route already receives user attention in GA4, so a dedicated add-on route can satisfy deeper voice and TTS intent without changing homepage TDK."
    ]
  },
  "addons": [
    {
      "name": "Smiley's Better Voice",
      "host": "CurseForge",
      "owner": "Toast5",
      "projectId": 1608717,
      "projectUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smileys-better-voice",
      "status": "current-verity-je-voice-addon-route",
      "displayedDownloadsAtCheck": 101848,
      "displayedDownloadsApproximate": true,
      "packageType": "jar-addon",
      "minecraftVersion": "1.20.1 current Forge file; file changelog says support for Verity JE 6.0.0 and incompatible with earlier Verity JE versions; older 1.21.1 NeoForge row also visible",
      "loader": "Forge / NeoForge",
      "mainFile": "Smiley's Better Voice-4.0.0.jar",
      "mainFileRecord": 8536538,
      "mainFileUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smileys-better-voice/files/8536538",
      "mainFileDownloadsAtCheck": 3300,
      "mainFileSizeMb": 1.4,
      "mavenSnippet": "implementation fg.deobf(\"curse.maven:smileys-better-voice-1608717:8536538\")",
      "versionList": [
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-4.0.0.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.4 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "3.3K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-29",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Current file-list row; exact file page changelog says this file supports Verity JE 6.0.0 and is incompatible with earlier Verity JE versions."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-3.1.1.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.4 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "18.2K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-25",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older official file-list row; open its exact file/changelog before pairing it with an older parent Verity JE route."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-3.1.0.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.4 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "3.6K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-24",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older official file-list row; do not assume compatibility without checking its exact file page."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-3.0.0.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.3 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "14.4K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-21",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older official file-list row; useful when a support thread references the 3.0.0 behavior change, but still needs exact-file verification."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-2.0.7.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.3 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "9.3K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-20",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older official Forge row for 1.20.1; use only when intentionally diagnosing an older parent/add-on stack."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-2.0.5.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.3 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "9.8K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-18",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older official Forge row for 1.20.1; do not download from mirrors when the official file list is available."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-2.0.2.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.3 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "10.6K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-16",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older official Forge row for 1.20.1; exact file details should decide compatibility."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-2.0.1.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.3 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "4.9K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-16",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older official Forge row for 1.20.1."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-2.0.0.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.21.1",
          "loader": "NeoForge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.3 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "6.1K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-15",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Separate 1.21.1 NeoForge row; do not mix it into a 1.20.1 Forge profile."
        },
        {
          "fileName": "Smiley's Better Voice-2.0.0.jar",
          "gameVersion": "1.20.1",
          "loader": "Forge",
          "sizeDisplayed": "1.3 MB",
          "downloadsDisplayed": "7.7K",
          "uploaded": "2026-07-15",
          "releaseType": "R",
          "routeNote": "Older 1.20.1 Forge row with the same version label as the 1.21.1 NeoForge row; match loader and game version before support advice."
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdate": "2026-07-29",
      "sourceNote": "Official CurseForge project route for Smiley's Better Voice by Toast5. The page describes it as an add-on to VarmiteYT's Verity JE for more expressive TTS voices and voice mimicking, not as a replacement for Verity JE, not as a Bedrock MCADDON, not as VERITY.exe, and not as a file mirror. The current 4.0.0 file changelog says it adds support for Verity JE 6.0.0 and is incompatible with earlier Verity JE versions. At the July 31 03:45 Asia/Shanghai check, the official files/all page rendered 101,848 project downloads and 3.3K downloads for the 4.0.0 row, while the exact file page rendered 101,479 project downloads and 3.0K downloads; treat these as point-in-time CurseForge display counters that can lag by page cache.",
      "requirements": [
        "Minecraft 1.20.1 for the current 4.0.0 Forge file",
        "Forge 47+ for the current 1.20.1 file",
        "Verity JE 6.0.0 for the current 4.0.0 file according to the file changelog; do not use 4.0.0 with earlier Verity JE versions",
        "Older project-page requirement wording may still mention Verity JE 5.0+, so use the exact file page for the current file before installing",
        "If staying on an older parent Verity JE route, choose an official older Better Voice file only after opening that older file's exact page and matching Minecraft plus loader",
        "Cloth Config and GeckoLib",
        "Both Verity JE and Smiley's Better Voice installed together"
      ],
      "providers": [
        "Fish Audio as the default quality/emotion route",
        "Cartesia AI as the faster pronunciation route",
        "Separate API key, voice ID, speed, and volume settings for each TTS provider"
      ],
      "privacyNotes": [
        "Voice mimicking uses Fish Audio and can upload about 10 seconds of clean captured speech to create a private voice model.",
        "Mimics are described as private to the player's Fish account and stored server-side for multiplayer.",
        "This checker does not collect provider keys, voice IDs, audio samples, or Minecraft logs."
      ],
      "troubleshooting": [
        "Invalid API Key while talking to Verity may be a Groq or Ollama key problem in Verity JE rather than a Fish or Cartesia key problem.",
        "If Better Voice 4.0.0 is installed with Verity JE 5.x or an earlier parent mod, match Verity JE 6.0.0 or use the official files/all list to choose an older Better Voice file that matches the parent route.",
        "Silent Verity should be checked by enabling Better Voice, enabling Verity JE text-to-speech, confirming provider key plus voice ID, and testing online.",
        "Voice mimic failure usually needs a valid Fish key, enough credits, and roughly 10 seconds of clean push-to-talk speech.",
        "Throw scream repeating after landing was documented as fixed in 3.0.0, so old behavior should be checked against the current file."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relatedProjects": [
    {
      "name": "Smiley's Better Vision",
      "host": "CurseForge",
      "owner": "Toast5",
      "projectUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smileys-better-vision",
      "displayedDownloadsAtCheck": 61926,
      "sourceNote": "Related Verity JE add-on that lets Verity see the Minecraft world; useful as context but not a voice/TTS fix."
    },
    {
      "name": "Smiley's Better Brain",
      "host": "CurseForge",
      "owner": "Toast5",
      "projectUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smileys-better-brain",
      "displayedDownloadsAtCheck": 59900,
      "sourceNote": "Related Verity JE add-on for smarter behavior; useful as context but not the Better Voice file route."
    },
    {
      "name": "Smiley's Collection",
      "host": "CurseForge",
      "owner": "Toast5",
      "projectUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/smileys-collection",
      "displayedDownloadsAtCheck": 9600,
      "sourceNote": "Related modpack that combines speak, see, and think add-ons for Verity JE; treat it as a separate modpack profile."
    }
  ],
  "publicGists": [
    "https://gist.github.com/ChannelerH/d5c697e15f451982d489dff268d0ac3c"
  ],
  "routePolicy": "Use this route when the player specifically asks about Smiley's Better Voice, Fish Audio, Cartesia, voice mimicking, better Verity TTS, or a Verity JE voice add-on. Do not use it as the default Verity JE download route, a Bedrock route, or a generic voice-not-working answer until the installed project and provider layer are identified."
}